Poetry, politics, and friendship in the Spanish Civil War

"This volume collects Langston Hughes's correspondence with Nancy Cunard and Louise Thompson during the Spanish Civil War. In addition, the final section presents unpublished and uncollected poems by Hughes, including "A Note from Spain," an unpublished poem from the series of epistolary "Johnny" poems, and "Mother and Child," an undated poem by Hughes that narrates an aerial bombing."--Publisher's website.